This is a list of how much money lobbyists and organizations reported spending on food and drink purchases for individual state officeholders from Jan. 1, 2019, through July 31, 2019. The numbers are based on disclosures filed with the Michigan Secretary of State by the lobbyists and organizations.
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posted on 09/11/2019
This document was obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. It's an email in which a lobbyist sent "key messages" about Enbridge's Line 5 to an Oakland County commissioner who has been backing a resolution in support of the pipeline.
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posted on 09/07/2019
This spreadsheet lists the 200 groups that have reported spending the most on lobbying in Michigan over the first seven months of 2019. The numbers are based on disclosures filed with the Michigan Secretary of State. The disclosures were due on Sept. 3, 2019.
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posted on 09/05/2019
This spreadsheet details where lawmakers' campaigns have been getting their money over the first seven months of 2019. It shows what percentage of the dollars has come from political action committees (PACs) and what percentage has come from individuals.
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posted on 08/21/2019
This document is a series of text messages allegedly sent by or received by Rep. Larry Inman, a Republican from Williamsburg, in the weeks before he voted to repeal the state's prevailing wage. Federal authorities later indicted Inman for extortion, bribery and lying to the FBI. Inman has said he's innocent.
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posted on 08/05/2019
This is a spreadsheet that lists the 150 Michigan political action committees (PACs) that raised the most money from Jan. 1, 2019, through July 20, 2019. The numbers are based on campaign finance disclosures that were due to the state on July 25, 2019.
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posted on 08/05/2019
This spreadsheet breaks down fundraising disclosures from Michigan's U.S. Senate and U.S. House candidates for July 2019. The reports cover from April 1, 2019, through June 30, 2019.
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posted on 07/16/2019
This spreadsheet lists the campaign finance reporting late fees that current (July 2019) state officeholders have paid over their political careers, according to state disclosures. It was compiled by the Michigan Campaign Finance Network. It does not included fee payments that were late refunded by the state.
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posted on 07/09/2019
This is the financial disclosure form that state officeholders must fill out in the state of Missouri. Missouri is one of 48 states that require officeholders to fill out some type of personal financial disclosure form.
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posted on 06/20/2019
This spreadsheet is a list of the outstanding campaign finance reporting fees faced by candidate committees, political action committees and ballot committees in Michigan as of May 31, 2019. When committees miss disclosure deadlines, they face late filing fees levied by the state. According to the state, there's currently a total of $1.5 million in outstanding fees.
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posted on 06/17/2019
This spreadsheet lists the spending of 18 PACs connected to groups involved in the 2019 auto insurance debate in support of current state lawmakers. The spreadsheet includes spending that has taken place over the last five years (May 2014 through May 2019).
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posted on 05/17/2019
This spreadsheet lists the 150 political action committees (PACs) in Michigan that reported raising the most money from Jan. 1, 2019 through April 20, 2019. They had to file reports on their fundraising over that time period by April 25, 2019.
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posted on 04/30/2019
Michigan state officeholders reported having more than 770 fundraisers in 2018 while they also served in their elected roles in state government. The total number of disclosed fundraisers is up over the totals for 2016 or 2017. This spreadsheet lists the fundraisers that were reported.
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posted on 04/25/2019
This spreadsheet summarizes the fundraising numbers of Michigan's U.S. House members over the first three months of 2019. Many of the lawmakers reported raising more money over the time period than the lawmakers who held the seats in 2017 did over the same period.
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posted on 04/16/2019
This PDF is a graphical representation of money in Michigan Supreme Court races from 1984 through 2018. These numbers were compiled by the Michigan Campaign Finance Network.
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posted on 04/12/2019
This PDF summarizes campaign finance data from Michigan Supreme Court races from 2000 to 2018. The Michigan Campaign Finance Network has been tracking candidate fundraising numbers, reported independent spending and undisclosed TV advertisements.
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posted on 04/12/2019
This PDF is a breakdown of the money the Michigan Campaign Finance Network has tracked in the 2018 Michigan Supreme Court race. There were two seats on the state's high court up for election in 2018.
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posted on 04/11/2019
This document is a PDF that lists the Michigan Campaign Finance Network's tracking of money in the 2018 U.S. Senate race.
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posted on 04/11/2019
These documents from 1998 were obtained by the Michigan Campaign Finance Network through a written request to the Michigan Gaming Control Board. They are disclosures about the three Detroit casinos. Among other things, the disclosures list individuals who at the time were government officials or were connected to government officials while having financial interests in or financial relationships with the casinos.
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posted on 04/02/2019
Michigan's 2018 races for the state House attracted about $27.6 million, a record total. This spreadsheet breaks down how we tracked that money, which races attracted the most money and how the money appeared in the races.
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posted on 03/28/2019
A spreadsheet featuring summary numbers from Michigan's 2018 races for the Michigan state Senate. The numbers include candidate fundraising, independent expenditure totals and spending on TV ads that fell outside disclosure requirements.
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posted on 03/21/2019
This spreadsheet lists the lobbyist-funded food and drink totals for each public officeholder included in Michigan lobbyist disclosures. The numbers are the totals that were disclosed for 2018 and are based on disclosures filed with the secretary of state by registered lobbyists.
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posted on 02/28/2019
This document lists the top 200 groups and firms that reported spending the most on lobbying Michigan state government during 2018. The numbers are based on filings with the Michigan secretary of state. Overall, lobbyists reported spending $40.3 million in 2018.
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posted on 02/27/2019
Michigan's top 150 PACs collected more than $97 million over 2017 and 2018, according to campaign finance disclosures. This documents ranks the 150 largest PACs in Michigan over 2017 and 2018.
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posted on 02/08/2019
This spreadsheet lists the fundraising totals for the general election candidates who ran for the U.S. House in Michigan in 2018. It also summarizes how much money came from political action committees and how much came from the candidates themselves.
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posted on 01/22/2019
This spreadsheet summarizes the money that flowed into Michigan's 14 U.S. House races in 2018. It features information on candidate fundraising totals and spending by groups that were acting independently of the candidates' campaigns.
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posted on 01/22/2019
This spreadsheet lists the spending in support of current lawmakers groups that opposed a series of environmental policy changes during the Legislature's lame-duck session in 2018.
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posted on 12/21/2018
This spreadsheet lists the spending in support of current lawmakers by PACs connected to groups that supported a series of environmental policy changes during the Legislature's lame-duck session in 2018.
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posted on 12/21/2018
This spreadsheets lists the spending in support of current lawmakers by groups that are backing Senate Bill 1175 and Senate Bill 1171, which weaken voter-initiated proposals requiring paid sick leave and increasing the minimum wage. The file is a spreadsheet.
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posted on 12/04/2018
This spreadsheet lists the amount of money the Michigan Campaign Finance Network has tracked benefiting the Republican and Democratic candidates in each race for the Michigan Legisature. The numbers are as of Nov. 20, 2018.
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posted on 11/20/2018
This is a breakdown of the money in Michigan's 2016 races for the Michigan House.
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posted on 11/04/2018
This PDF lists the 150 Michigan political action committees that reported raising the most money from Jan. 1, 2017, through Oct. 20, 2018. The numbers are based on disclosures filed with the Michigan Secretary of State.
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posted on 10/31/2018
This PDF features summary numbers from U.S. House candidates' fundraising disclosures through Sept. 30, 2018.
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posted on 10/16/2018
This documents the 200 groups and lobbying firms that spent the most money on lobbying state government over the first seven months of 2018. It also compares their spending to their totals over the same period in 2017.
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posted on 09/21/2018
This document ranks public officeholders by the value of lobbyist-purchased food and drinks they received from Jan. 1, 2018, through July 31, 2018. The numbers are based on disclosures lobbyists file with the Michigan Secretary of State. We will update the numbers in February 2019 with numbers covering the entire year.
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posted on 09/18/2018
This is a listing of the top 25 Michigan leadership PACs from Jan. 1, 2017, through July 20, 2018.
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posted on 08/14/2018
This document is the top 150 Michigan PACs ranked by total amount of money raised for the 2017-2018 election cycle. The numbers cover through July 20, 2018. The sources for the information are filings with the Michigan Secretary of State.
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posted on 08/06/2018
This document is the top 150 Michigan PACs ranked by total amount of money raised for the 2017-2018 election cycle. The numbers cover through July 20, 2018. The sources for the information are filings with the Michigan Secretary of State.
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posted on 08/06/2018
This PDF is a complaint that was filed against Citizens for Energizing Michigan's Economy by Patrick Anderson. Citizens for Energizing Michigan's Economy has been running TV ads promoting five candidates for the Legislature in the final days before the Aug. 7 primary election.
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posted on 08/01/2018
This PDF summarizes the fundraising disclosures from U.S. House candidates in Michigan through June 30, 2018. The PDF also includes information on the top donors to each of the candidates. The information comes from filings with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). To search the disclosures, go to www.fec.gov.
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posted on 07/17/2018
This is a listing of the state lawmakers who raised the most money through connected leadership PACs as of April 20, 2018. The PDF also lists the top donors to lawmakers' PACs.
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posted on 05/20/2018
This is a radio ad that's been airing in the Lansing area about state Rep. Brett Roberts and his support for a "Michigan first energy law." The group behind the ad, Citizens for Energizing Michigan's Economy, doesn't have to disclose where its funding comes from.
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posted on 05/10/2018
This is a listing of the 150 Michigan PACs that have raised the most money from Jan. 1, 2017, through April 20, 2018. The top 150 PACs have raised $34.5 million, a record for this point in a two-year election cycle.
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posted on 05/04/2018
This document lists the payments lobbyists reported making for travel and lodging for state officeholders from 2015-2017.
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posted on 04/30/2018
This PDF shows summary numbers from campaign finance disclosures for U.S. House candidates from Michigan. The numbers are from reports filed in April 2018 and cover the 2018 election cycle through March 31, 2018.
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posted on 04/17/2018
This is a listing of fundraisers that committees connected to state officeholders reported organizing in 2017. There are 601 of them.
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posted on 03/26/2018
A list of the 25 leadership PACs that raised the most money in 2017.
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posted on 03/18/2018
This is a list of the state officials who received free food or drink purchased by lobbyists in 2017. The list is based on disclosures filed with the Michigan Secretary of State.
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posted on 03/02/2018
This is a list of the lobbying organizations that bought state officials food in group settings in 2017. The list is based on disclosures with the Michigan Secretary of State.
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posted on 03/02/2018
This is a list of the organizations that disclosed spending the most money on lobbying state government in 2017. The numbers are based on disclosures filed with the Michigan Secretary of State's Office.
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posted on 03/02/2018
This spreadsheet tracks the contributions of individuals serving in appointed positions on university boards in Michigan to the campaigns of the governor who appointed them to the positions.
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posted on 02/27/2018
This is a listing of the top 150 PACs in Michigan for 2017. The PACs are ranked by the amount they reported fundraising during the year.
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posted on 02/19/2018
This is a breakdown of the fundraising disclosures from incumbents and candidates for the U.S. House in Michigan. The reports were filed at the end of January 2018. They cover through the end of 2017. The file is a PDF.
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posted on 02/12/2018
This spreadsheet is a tally of the spending in support of current lawmakers by PACs connected to groups interested in either repealing or keeping Michigan's prevailing wage law. The data is based on campaign finance disclosures.
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posted on 12/11/2017
This is the ranking of the 150 Michigan PACs that had raised the most money in the 2017-2018 election cycle as of Oct. 20, 2017. The information is based on campaign finance disclosures.
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posted on 11/14/2017
The attached PDF is an example of a postcard sent out by the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund.
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posted on 10/23/2017
This PDF is the survey the National Association for Gun Rights asked candidates to fill out before the 2014 election. Democratic candidate Robert Kennedy's responses are shown on the document.
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posted on 10/23/2017
This document summarizes the fundraising disclosures filed by Michigan's U.S. House members and 2018 candidates in October 2017. The numbers cover fundraising and spending done from July 1 through Sept 30.
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posted on 10/17/2017
A list of which Michigan officeholders received the most lobbyist-funded food and drink over the first seven months of 2017 from Jan. 1 through July 31. The list also includes which lobbyist spent the most on each lawmaker. The file is a PDF.
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posted on 09/18/2017
This is a PDF listing the 200 lobbyists who reported spending the most trying to influence Michigan officeholders over the first seven months of 2017, from Jan. 1 through July 31. The numbers are based on filings with the Michigan Secretary of State.
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posted on 09/11/2017
This PDF displays the contributions of five Quicken Loans-tied donors to House members in 2017. The contributions happened between Jan. 1, 2017 and July 20, 2017. The House approved a tax incentive package supported by Quicken Loans Chairman Dan Gilbert in May 2017. The document is based on campaign finance disclosures.
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posted on 09/11/2017
This is the version of Senate Bill 335, the Super PAC bill, that the Senate advanced from second to third reading on Sept. 6, 2017. The highlighted sections are changed from the version the Senate Elections Committee voted on earlier this year.
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posted on 09/06/2017
This is a letter from Dean Altobelli to Gov. Rick Snyder covering his concern for judges' campaigns taking contributions from parties involved in cases before the judges.
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posted on 08/31/2017
A listing of the 150 PACs that have raised the most money so far in 2017. The numbers reflect fundraising totals from Jan. 1, 2017, through July 20, 2017.
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posted on 08/09/2017
The expenditures of the Muchmore Harrington Smalley & Associates PAC for the first months of 2017.
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posted on 07/18/2017
The expenditures of the Governmental Consultant Services Inc. PAC for the beginning of 2017.
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posted on 07/18/2017
The expenditures of the Karoub Associates PAC for the first quarter of 2017.
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posted on 07/18/2017
This is a summary of the campaign finance reports for July 2017 for Michigan's U.S. House members and candidates.
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posted on 07/17/2017
This is list is based on the Michigan Campaign Finance Network's analysis of campaign finance reports for the 2015-2016 election cycle. It shows the top individual and family political donors connected to Michigan.
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posted on 06/19/2017
This is a spreadsheet of fee payments by current Michigan lawmakers as of June 1, 2017. It includes the web addresses of documents showing the individual fee payments.
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posted on 06/07/2017
The following document was written by Craig Mauger, executive director of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network, about Senate Bill 335, which was introduced on April 27. It would allow Michigan candidates to solicit unlimited contributions to Super PACs that support the candidates and are supposed to be independent. Also, it would allow Super PACs to share common vendors with the candidate committees.
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posted on 05/04/2017
This PDF shows a tracking of contributions from health plan-connected donors since the start of 2009.
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posted on 05/01/2017
This list shows the political committees that reported raising the most money from Jan. 1, 2017, through April 20, 2017, the first full reporting period for them in the 2018 election cycle. The numbers are based on filings as of Thursday, April 27.
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posted on 05/01/2017
A graphic showing the amount of money in Michigan Supreme Court races from 1984 through 2016.
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posted on 04/25/2017
This spreadsheet shows the campaign spending in support of current lawmakers by seven business groups that oppose changing Michigan's current law that prevents schools from starting before Labor Day.
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posted on 04/24/2017
This spreadsheet shows the giving to current lawmakers by political action committees (PACs) connected to three school groups that support changing Michigan's current ban on school starting before Labor Day.
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posted on 04/24/2017
A look at the fundraising reports of U.S. House members from Michigan for the first three months of 2017.
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posted on 04/19/2017
This spreadsheet examines the fundraising and spending numbers from Michigan's 2016 races for the U.S. House.
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posted on 04/05/2017
These are two emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act on the House Republican Campaign Committee's financial review.
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posted on 03/30/2017
This is a list of the fundraisers state elected officials disclosed having in 2016. The list includes events put on by candidate campaigns and political action committees connected to specific lawmakers.
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posted on 03/27/2017
Spending in the 2016 Michigan Supreme Court races was dominated by a handful of groups.
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posted on 03/16/2017
Who were the top donors to Michigan's 2016 candidates for Michigan Supreme Court. Click on this link to find out.
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posted on 03/16/2017
This document shows spending totals in Michigan's Supreme Court races from 2000 through 2016.
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posted on 03/16/2017
This PDF lists how much money lobbyists reported spending on food and drink for individual state officeholders in 2016. Rep. Mike Callton, a Republican from Nashville, ranked No. 1.
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posted on 03/08/2017
Lobbyists reported spending more in 2016 in Michigan than any year before. This is a list of the top 200 lobbyists, ranked by spending, in the state for 2016.
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posted on 03/02/2017
A look at the campaign finance reports of candidates running for position on university boards and the State Board of Education in 2016.
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posted on 02/27/2017
This is a listing of the top 150 political action committees in Michigan for the 2015-2016 election cycle.
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posted on 02/15/2017
These are documents filed by the Leading Michigan Forward Fund with the Internal Revenue Service.
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posted on 02/02/2017
A look at the top donors to six members of the Health Policy Committee from 2015-2016.
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posted on 01/23/2017
A look at giving by the Business Leaders for Michigan, Quicken Loans and Quicken Loans employees since the start of 2009.
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posted on 12/27/2016
A spreadsheet of DeVos family giving from Jan. 1, 2015 through the Nov. 8, 2016 election.
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posted on 12/02/2016
This file shows summary fundraising totals for Michigan congressional candidates as of Sept. 30, 2016. The campaign finance reports were due to the federal government on Oct. 15, 2016
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posted on 10/17/2016
